Soda-water apparatus



(No Model.)

G. W. GILBERT. SODA' WATER APPARATUS.

No. 405,027. Patented June 11, 1889.

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.paratus in position at a counter.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WV. GILBERT, OF KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.

SODA-WATER APPARATUS..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,027, dated June 11, 1889.

Application filed February 26, 1889. Serial No. 301,203. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GILBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kendallville, in the county of Noble and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soda W'ater Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in soda-water apparatus; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved ap- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the counter, which may be of any desired construction; and B designates the delivery-pipe of myimproved soda-water apparatus, which extends vertically upward through the counter, and is secured thereto by means of screws passed through the annular collar or flange O on the said pipe into the counter.

The reservoir or tank D is arranged under the counter, and within the tank I arrange the cylinder E, which is provided in its lower end with avalve F, and has an enlarged base G, which rests on the bottom of the tank or reservoir D, and is provided in its under side with the inlet grooves or channels H, leading to a central opening I, which communicates with the interior of the cylinder through an opening J in the bottom of the same, the said opening J being closed by the valve F. The lower end of the discharge-pipe B communicates with the cylinder through the side of the same and above the valve F. A standard K is erected on the floor under the counter, and the operating-lever L is pivoted to the upper end of this standard and extends forward over the reservoir or tank, and has a piston-rod M, pivoted to and depending from an intermediate point of its length, a piston N being secured to the lower end of said piston-rod and fitting snugly in the cylinder E.

In front of the tank or reservoir I erect a standard 0, which is made of wood, and in its upper end this standard is provided with the horizontal perforations P, which are engaged In practice I place in the reservoir water 7 and ice with a small quantity of carbonate of soda. When it is desired to dispense the soda-water, the sirup is placed in the glass and the operating-lever then reciprocated, so as to force some of the solution from the reservoir through the discharge-pipe into the glass, the union of the two liquids producing the soda-water.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that l have provided an extremely simple and eflicient apparatus by which the sodawater can be easily and rapidly dispensed, and which is so arranged as to be entirely out of the way at all times. As the lever is raised and the plunger thereby elevated, the liquid in the tank will pass through the channels in the base of the cylinder and enter the cylinder, as will be readily understood. When the piston is lowered, however, the valve F in the bottom of the cylinder will be closed, and the liquid then in the cylinder will be forced out through the discharge-pipe. The cylinder is held in the reservoir so as to be prevented from vibrating and moving around therein by the vertical plates U, which are held firmly upon the base of the cylinder by the beams R, and these beams and plates can be readily detached, so as to permit the removal of the reservoir when the supply of liquid has been exhausted, as will be readily understood on reference to the drawings,

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the standards K O, the reservoir arranged between the standards, the cylinder arranged in the reservoir, the discharge-pipe leading therefrom, the piston working in the cylinder, the bearing-plates mounted on the base of the cylinder, and beams engaging the standards and bearing on said plates, as set forth.

2. The combination of the standards K O, the reservoir between the same, the cylinder Within the reservoir, having an enlarged base, the plates U, bearing on the enlarged base of the cylinder, the cross-bar'l at the upper end of the standard K, and the beams R, having their front ends engaging the standard 0, and their rear ends provided with transverse notches engaging the crossbar T, and their intermediate points bearing on the plates U, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I5 my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. GILBERT.

Witnesses:

JAMES GRAVES, THOMAS L. GRAVES. 

